Downing Street, London, Great Britain, the office, Stanley Grafton looked respectfully at John Major in front of him and reported what had happened an hour ago.
"Sir, our satellite discovered another space rocket launched from the Far East Northwest an hour ago. This rocket has already left their Nantianmen Space Station and is heading straight for the moon."
From Stanley Grafton’s words, it is not difficult to understand that the giant dragon in the Far East is really about to rise.
The moon landing plan was announced a few years ago, especially last year and this year, Moscow competed with the East for the second place, which caused a lot of noise and everyone knew about it.
A month or two ago, Moscow set off a big firework, and the collapse of the Moscow Alliance has completely made them lose the qualifications to compete with the Eastern Dragon for the second place in the moon landing.
Today, Dongfang is ready to go. It has successfully launched a rocket into space, and after successfully docking at the Nantianmen Space Station, it will continue to fly to the moon.
It is almost certain that the East will be able to become the second major power to land on the moon.
The world is about to change!
In the office, everyone, including John Major, looked extremely solemn.
They knew they could not stop the rise of the Eastern Dragon, but they could not swallow this humiliation no matter what.
why?
Because Hong Kong Island!
Whether it was Macmillan in the past, Harold Wilson later, or John Major today, they all had one thing in common, that is, they wanted to expand or retain Great Britain's influence in the Far East.
But it is obvious that the wheel of history rolls on, and John Major's skills, wisdom and insight are of no avail.
As early as nine years ago, the Iron Lady was forced to agree.
Before the Iron Lady left Downing Street last year, didn't she want to try hard?
She wanted to, but that was all she had.
All she could do was to let David Yixun give up, not do anything, and take a laissez-faire attitude.
That is, when we took over, it was a city full of mess, not a prosperous financial center of the Far East.
It’s a pity that the Eastern Dragon’s soaring speed is simply beyond the imagination of people like John Major.
Perhaps Great Britain was once an empire on which the sun never set, with an unrivalled territory.
But that was in the past. Today, Great Britain is just a name.
People even call him Sam's follower and yes-man.
"Hell, I hope they set off a space firework. I'll get out my bottle of '82 to celebrate."
After listening to this, Allenbach immediately expressed his opinion.
Stanley Grafton couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, and said:
"Don't embarrass yourself with your 1982 vintage wine. I'd rather believe you have 1982 Lafite than believe the Oriental Dragon's spaceship will turn into fireworks."
The 1982 wine finally became popular.
It started in Hollywood movies, and then in places like Eastern Hollywood, and the concept of 1982 wine gradually appeared.
There is a lot of popular information about these aspects on the Internet. Enthusiastic netizens have become science geeks and are very familiar with these tricky knowledge.
At the same time, the concept of "Lafite 1982" also became popular.
In short, all the wines related to the 1982 Gallic European wines from Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy and other places were hyped up.
The very popular kind.
The higher the quality of the wine, the more expensive it is.
The 1982 Lafite is priced at US$10,000 per bottle, but there is still a shortage of buyers.
Because all the 1982 Lafite wines were hidden away, the few bottles available in the outside world were either regarded as heirlooms or proven to be fake.
It's very simple. There is no information about the 1982 Lafite on the Internet. The only thing we know is that there is a bottle at the Qian Duoduo Supermarket headquarters, and no other place.
Qian Duoduo Supermarket is trying to hype itself up, so it is understandable that the company has a bottle of 1982 Lafite.
In addition to the 1982 Lafite, other vintages of Lafite are also available, but the amount circulating in the market is also very small.
It seems that, from the very beginning, the wine brand Lafite has been enshrined and is the undisputed king of wine.
Why spend so much money to hype up Lafite wine but not sell it?
No one knows what the mastermind behind this is trying to do, but many people have different guesses. However, so far, there is still no better explanation.
Even many of the richest people cannot afford to drink the 1982 Lafite, so they can only settle for the next best thing and choose other brands of 1982 wine.
And this is the code to wealth.
A wealth code that many people have not discovered.
For example, in Qian Duoduo Supermarket, in their wine sales area, there are shelves for top-quality red wine, high-end red wine, discounted red wine, etc. Among them, the 1982 wine has a separate area.
This alone is enough to show how great the status of the 1982 wine is.
Not every Qianduoduo supermarket store in the United States, or even in the world, has a special section for 1982 wine.
Only some megacities, such as New York, Los Angeles, London, Garden City, Hong Kong Island, Tokyo, Frankfurt and other cities have head offices.
Even so, this 1982 wine special zone, which was established in 1990, should have been sold out long ago after more than a year.
But in fact, it is still available for sale. It is simply outrageous. It is outrageous to the extreme.
Chen Guohua was well aware that the words "1982 wine" had become synonymous with high prices.
As long as you control the quality, you won’t have to worry about not being able to sell at a sky-high price.
Since the establishment of such a 1982 wine zone last year, more than 530 million bottles of such wine have been sold worldwide.
That’s just the wine sold in retail stores such as Qianduoduo Supermarket. What about other related copycat products?
Even if the average price of these 530 million bottles of 1982 wine is US$500 per bottle, it would still be a very scary figure.
With so much sales data, not only have the marketing expenses been recovered long ago, but profits can also continue to be generated in the future.
What's more, as the trump card, the 1982 Lafite has not been sold even once, and its unit price will probably be even more terrifying.
In addition to Lafite, there are also top wines such as Romanee-Conti, which are even less known to the outside world.
Even so, many top wealthy people are proud to buy wines such as Romanee-Conti.
This is the consensus in the entire European and American circles.
As for the domestic market, the world is dominated by Moutai, Wuliangye, Fenjiu and other liquors.
Liquor like Moutai is the national liquor, which requires careful aging and collection.
Its price will be even more outrageous, and the longer it is stored in the cellar, the more outrageous its price will be.
Of course, people who don’t like drinking liquor don’t know these things.
"Shit, God, whose side are you on?" Allenbach yelled in frustration upon hearing this.
Stanley Grafton glanced at the other party and was too lazy to answer the question.
Is there any need to ask which side he is on?
The reason why he said that just now was because he didn't believe the nonsense of this guy Allenbach.
There is a Qianduoduo supermarket in central London, which has a special section for 1982 wine. The minimum price of each bottle of 1982 wine is 300 pounds.
Who the hell would be willing to spend half a month, or even several months’ salary, to buy a bottle of wine?
Isn't this crazy!
Unless it is one of those top-level business events, how could it be possible?
"That's enough, shut up!"
John Major glared at the bastard Allenbach, who was hesitant to speak, obviously very angry, but what could he do?
"Sir, there are still a few minutes before the Eastern Overlord space transport ship arrives at the lunar orbital space station."
At this moment, Stanley Grafton spoke up.
Hearing his words, everyone couldn't help but look at the TV on the wall of the office. This TV was actually a computer monitor that was connected to the satellite monitoring screen.
Although the picture quality of this surveillance video is not very clear, it is already very good.
While this matter was being discussed in London, in Moscow, in the Kremlin, Nikolayevich was also discussing this matter with his team.
There is a saying that goes, "How can I allow others to snore beside my bed?"
Nikolayevich had just entered the Kremlin and was not familiar with many things.
But this did not prevent him from monopolizing power and completely controlling the entire Moscow.
After he has sorted out and eliminated all the destabilizing factors within Moscow, Nikolayevich will definitely begin to properly handle relations with the outside world.
As for his "good friend" next door, Nikolayevich has no better ideas at the moment, but he certainly doesn't want Chen Guohua and the others to be so smooth sailing.
Because, if Chen Guohua and his team had a very smooth journey, it would not be in the interests of Nikolayevich and his team.
The enemy is too powerful, and this enemy is right next to me, so I probably won’t be able to eat in peace, right?
"Let's clean up the mess at the Aviation Administration. I don't want to see them fall into such depravity."
After a pause, Nikolayevich continued:
"Next, I will rectify the economy of Moscow. Once we have money and our wallets are full, we will invest a lot in aviation."
Thinking of this, Nikolayevich felt a headache again.
Because oligarchs like Maxim, Yaroslav, Andrei Ilya, etc., are like stones in the toilet, smelly and hard.
It's too difficult to get them to make some profit.
Now the two sides are in a stalemate, and it depends on who can hold on.
However, judging from the current situation in Moscow, I'm afraid that Nikolayevich will be the first to collapse.
The reason is very simple. In today's Moscow, a lot of property is still flowing out.
For example, take rare metal mines. Although Nikolayevich is not a scientist, he knows something about it. It is definitely wrong to keep selling core energy sources such as rare metal mines.
But I can't stop it.
why?
Of course, it is because oligarchs like Maxim and Anastasia control the Moscow economy, and whatever they say goes.
It was difficult for Nikolayevich to imagine what the consequences would be if Moscow forcefully took back these powers.
After all, this is a major event that touches upon the core interests of the seven oligarchs. How could they possibly be willing to do so?
By then, the seven oligarchs would unite and make Nikolayevich vulnerable from all sides, which would be very uncomfortable.
You know, Moscow today is still not very peaceful.
But Nikolayevich's power is not so stable yet.
Not to mention anything else, just the more than 500,000 Moscow nobles were enough to give Nikolayevich a splitting headache.
This is a hot potato that cannot be thrown away. What can we do?
Cold scrambled eggs!
Another person who had the same headache as Nikolayevich was Herbert Walker, who even wanted to die more than the former.
Because the situation Herbert Walker faced was much more complicated than the deadlock that Nikolayevich had to deal with.
"Oh my God, why is the goddess of luck always not on my side?"
In the White House office, Herbert Walker was gloomy and angry.
Opposite him, the expressions of James Quayle, Sergey Carpenter, Ryan Cooper, Ralph Ferrante and others were also not very good.
All in all, the current situation is very unfavorable for them.
For Herbert Walker and others, the fact that Chen Guohua and his team launched a rocket to land on the moon was neither a bad thing nor a good thing.
Because what they have to deal with now is the matter of William Jefferson.
William Jefferson has currently withdrawn from the competition, and now it is Tang Dake who comes up.
Tang Dake is not a threat, but that's what's weird about him.
The real threat was William Jefferson hiding in the dark, or the undercurrent behind the assassination of William Jefferson.
All in all, this matter is not simple.
"Mr. Walker, the Overlord space transport ship has left the lunar orbital space station and they are about to land on the moon."
At this time, the voice of Louis Wipast, director of the Aerospace Industry Bureau, drew Herbert Walker's attention back.
On the large screen in front of everyone, an extremely clear picture showed the Overlord space transport ship moving forward in the East.
They are not very familiar with such scenes. After all, when Apollo landed on the moon, it went directly from the Earth to the Moon.
And what about the East?
Wow, it first stopped at the Nantianmen Space Station, and then paused at the lunar orbit space station.
All in all, they were as cautious as an old dog.
Looking at the images on the big screen, Herbert Walker didn't know what he was thinking for a moment.
So can this spacecraft really land on the moon successfully?
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